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Dromaeosauridae

Balaur BA-lau

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Balaur 2 m (6.6 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Balaur
Length
2 m (6.6 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72.2–66 Mya)
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dromaeosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Sickle-clawed raptors: Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor.

Balaur is a dromaeosauridae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Csiki et al. 2010.